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The Puzzle

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There is a sea of darkness that swirls about my mind in all waking hours.
There is a puzzle within me, a mass of knots and apprehension in spirit
and in body (or corpse). Sound and fury blur into one meaningless roar
as the nameless beast grapples with me.
Fear. Unstoppable paranoia crawling over flesh like a swarm of fire ants
in a feeding frenzy. A fear of everything and nothing, of the shadow over my thoughts.

I am racing, speeding along a blackout road at one thousand miles per second.
I am afflicted! afflicted with analytical aphasia,
with cerebral incontinence and hernia of the soul. In the unexpected moments
I recede into my inner room, into the warmth of Promethean flame
and prenatal mindlessness. The clown remains broken.

In the darkness there are things forgotten and memories irremovable;
and when the puzzle is finally set aright, it reveals
only the barren, stark chagrin of a looking-glass...
A mirror in the dark.
Highly experimental and personal.

I read once that it was like a clown stuck on a unicycle in a dark room. But I think most people go with the puzzle-piece thing.
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spiderMiranda's avatar
An experience marred with anxiety- what lies beneath the shield of terror? From your shadow new forms are awaiting to emerge.

You use a lot of language that I myself employ, and this piece strikes a familiar chord in me.

Thanks for your work, X!